Thursday, February 23, 2012

Is Your Hut Burning?

I'm not a fan of email forwards...no offense to those who are. However, many years ago (in those early days of email), I printed out a forward I received because it really spoke to my need to trust God with everything. While digging through boxes this morning to try to find yet another document which we need for our move, I found this small little print out. Every now and then, God puts this little piece of paper in my path to remind me of His sovereignty. Maybe it will speak to you as well.

Is Your Hut Burning?

The only survivor of a ship wreck was washed up on a small uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and everyday he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements and to store his few possessions.

But then one day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, the smoke rolling up to the sky. The worst had happened - everything was lost. He was stunned with grief and anger. "OH GOD, HELP ME!" he cried.

Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the island. It had come to rescue him. "How did you know that I was here?" he asked the weary rescuers. "We saw your smoke signals," they replied.

It is easy to get discouraged when things are not going your way, but we shouldn't lose heart because God is at work in our lives even in the midst of pain and suffering. Remember, next time your little hut is burning to the ground...it just may be God answering your prayers!

Proverbs 3:5 "Trust the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding."

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Matthew 6:19-20

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal."